despotic Definition

despot
noun

1. Someone who has very great or total power, especially if they use such power in a cruel or oppressive way.

Thesaurus: tyrant, dictator, oppressor, autocrat, absolutist.

Derivative: despotic
adj

Of or characteristic of a despot
Thesaurus: tyrannical, oppressive, authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, absolutist, imperious, monocratic, overbearing, domineering; Antonym: democratic, egalitarian.

Derivative: despotically
adverb

Etymology: 18c; 16c, meaning ‘a ruler dependent on the Turks': from Greek despotes master.